A scream escaped my lips as the Inspector’s hand tightened around my Dad’s neck. I flung myself upon him and tried to pry his hands off. It mildly registered in my head that my Dad wasn’t fighting back. I could hear him trying to say something as the Inspector punched and hit him.780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXmjfvFQBh
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“Sir! What in the world are you doing?” Someone pushed me away roughly and pulled the Inspector away from my Dad. My mind was so confused that it took me a while to recognize the person who intervened. It was Uncle Sunder. He was assisting the Inspector in the investigation. He was also a dear friend of my Dad.780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpIcrdGmhr
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“What happened?” He asked Dad.780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Iu9iddARW
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“The Inspector attacked him out of the blue.” I exclaimed. “He…He…He was trying to strangle…”780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGwQ9y3kGG
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The Inspector did not look any less angry. But he seemed to realize the gravity of what he had done. He mumbled something like an apology to Dad and walked away.780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrL3DD1PhsV
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​“Sunder…Do not report this incident.”780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmWxDZBYwd
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“What! Not report…Dad…he…”780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDn7vST22S8
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“It was thoughtless of him.” Dad said. He stroked his neck. I could see the angry red marks of the Inspector’s fingers. Why? Why was he letting it go? Why didn’t he want the Inspector punished?780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JYeT3Xd4d
Uncle Sunder, on the other hand, was not at all surprised by Dad’s decision.780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobIb1fo3py
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“If you say so.” He nodded curtly and said.780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3GsfMjzBg
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The voice, calm and cool, spoke in my head. “Poor Ram…”780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5w3l7c5fMc
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Uncle Sunder left soon after. The spectators left too as the show was over. As Dad lead me to my class, deaf to the million questions that I threw at him, the rational part of my brain rushed to an unpleasant conclusion.780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGM3sAynmo
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Everything that the Inspector said was true. If it was so…Could I blame him for attacking Dad? I felt numb, helpless…Unable to even think about the things I heard.780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYJTBvvgjm
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“They’re all true, aren’t they? The things that the Inspector said…” I asked him, as we reached the class. “Is that why you are not answering my questions?”780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQAWaqMIB1
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I hoped…I desperately hoped he would shout at me…say that not a word of those dreadful accusations was true. But…He…He just went away. Without a word…Without a single word.780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZs0ATlYhTK
I walked mechanically into the classroom. By the time I sat down on my bench, I was sobbing uncontrollably.780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimX7DeF0fY
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To be continued...780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdY19I7yZAA
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